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"Whatever happened to the World of Tomorrow? , the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, tells the story of a boy's relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it depicts an optimistic and ambitious era fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, middle-class pop culture, and the atom bomb...A lively trip through a half century of technological evolution, Whatever...
2) Hey, kiddo
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"In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery. Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents, two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2008.
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viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Created in the format of a manga adventure, an exciting novel based on the author's best-selling fantasy series set in the world of Shannara takes place after the events on The Wishsong of Shannara as it chronicles the exploits of Weapons Master Garet Jax as he embarks on challenging and magical quest.
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The peaceful villagers of Emond's Field pay little heed to rumors of war in the western lands until a savage attack by troll-like minions of the Dark One forces three young men to confront a destiny which has its origins in the time known as The Breaking of the World.
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the...
8) Genius
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Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
126 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
9) Life sucks
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
186 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
11) The plain Janes
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
2007.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
12) Monster
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English
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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
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Yen Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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"A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob on a journey to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-- impossible though it...
16) Shadow kiss
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Vampire Academy volume 9
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English
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Retold in graphic novel format, while Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice.
17) Storm front
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Dresden files volume 1
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English
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A modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts.
18) Americus
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First Second
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
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215 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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Oklahoma teen Neal Barton stands up for his favorite fantasy series, The Chronicles of Apathea Ravenchilde, when conservative Christians try to bully the town of Americus into banning it from the public library.
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First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
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